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HomeMy WebLinkAboutweekly notes - May 31st 2019 CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS—W ES for: May 31s 2019 TO: City Council Membe &S ff FROM: Eric Johnson,City dMi strato GENERAL UPDATES: i • No new development applications ha been receive • As requested by Council;a letter has b Washington County Sheriff&Board Chair relating to prisoner release.A draft is enclosed and is pending final signature. • The City has communicated with the MET COUNCIL relative to the cost commitments for roadway maintenance for the boat landing;see the enclosed letter to Kyle Colvin.We hope to have some response soon. • The City has communicated with MNDOT — Phil Bergem, - seeking feedback on the availability of the $644,000 Municipal Agreement Funds for the NorellAvel Project into the 2021 construction year. His written response email - also enclosed was positive and thus the City should be reasonably assured that such funds will be available in 2021. Mayor McComber provided 1. Update from Rep.Shelly Christensen for May 231d,2019 2. METRO CITIES news for May 24th,2019&May 31s,2019 3. NLC Weekly for May 25th,2019 4. MAOSC Special Session Update for May 29th,2019 5. Various Updates from the Dept of Corrections: Job Fair&Summary of Community Advisory meeting held on May 29th,2019;The MCF-OPH will be holding a planned LOCKDOWN on June 51h. Please let me know if you have any questions-651-253.7837 Call Anytime. 1 of 24 A City of Oak Park Heights Page 1 of 1 14168 Oak Park Blvd. N•Oak Park Heights,MN 55082•Phone(651)439-4439•Fax(651)439-0574 May 31 st,2019 Dan Starry,Sheriff Washington County 15015 62nd St.N. Stillwater,MN 55082 Mr.Stan Karwoski,County Board Chair Washington County PO BOX 6 Stillwater,MN 55082 RE: Policy on Release of County Jail Prisoners Dear Sherriff Starry and Chair Karwoski: We are corresponding with you to alert you to a matter that our Council believes requires immediate attention.As we are aware, prisoners are released from the County Jail at varying hours of the day—being morning,afternoon and night—based on a required release timeline. However,while we can understand that such releases must be prompt when due, the abject ejection of these people into the local residential neighborhood is concerning. It is our understanding that these releasees are: • not given reasonable time to make phone calls to arrange a ride; • not returned any cash funds(assuising they had this on their person)so they may hire a cab/"uber"; • not permitted to remain in"shelter"while they await a ride; • some,may have nowhere to go and are simply ejected. It can be simple to suggest that all these are consequences of being a prisoner,however this results in risk to lives—especially in the winter or when other inclement weather is apparent. Further, the release and immediate ejection of these individuals has resulted in direct criminal incidents within our community. Simply kicking these people outside is not reasonable and the County does bear at least some responsibility to address these issues. Accordingly, the City does request to be provided a copy of the County's release protocols and a summary of the resources that are provided to these individuals so they may arrange a ride get"home"or to a shelter.Further,we would request that the unilateral ejection of these now-former prisoners into a residential neighborhood without resources or time to secure a ride be discontinued. We also ask that the County Sheriff to amend any policies that address these issues and apply reasonable resources.Of course, if these policies are already in place,perhaps all staff need to be updated as to what these expectations are. We do appreciate you receiving comments relative to these concerns. If we can answer questions you may have, we would be happy to do so. Sincerely, Mayor Mary Mc Cc: Rep.Shelly Christensen,District 39 B Sen.Karin Housley,District 39 Mayor Ted Kozlowski,City of Stillwater Molly O'Rourke,County Administrator Weekly Notes 2 of 24 City of Oak Park Heights 14168 Oak Park Blvd. N•Box 2007.Oak Park Heights,MN 55082•Phone(651)439-4439•Fax(651)439-0574 5123119 TO: Mr.Kyle Colvin,MET COUNCIL-VIA EMAIL ONLY:kyle.colvin@metc.state.mn.us RE: WWTP Road Costs and DNR Boat Launch: Dear Kyle: Thank you for discussing the request from the Minnesota DNR(MN DNR)associated with the City assuming control as a"road authority"for the roadway that leads from STH 95 to the railroad crossing—lying just west of the WWTP and would possibly continue south east to a new Boat Launch Facility.As we understand,the MN DNR has a goal that it would like to construct a BOAT LAUNCH facility to improve general public access to the St.Croix and would lie just south of the WWTP.This is being funded by a St.Croix Crossing Mitigation expense. The image shows the roadway that is currently in place, The ff area in Yellow is the roadway that is owned and operated by MNDOT—but is further PERMITTED by MNDOT Permit#05175 to the MET COUNCIL for its operations and any maintenance the MET COUNCIL may desire.The areas in green to the east of the railroad track would remain with the DNR should the Boat Ramp be constructed. Of course, this public Boat Launch facility needs a PUBLIC ACCESSWAY for which the DNR proposes to use the roadway that is in place.As the MN DNR seeks to develop this Boat Ramp facility 7111 the roadway will need to formally cross the Union Pacific Railroad(UP), which will only grant a formal PUBLIC ACCESS Crossing permit to a legitimate"road authority";presumably so that it has recourse to address any issues that come up as it would be a PUBLIC CROSSING. Basically, the UP is seeking to insulate themselves from liability between their railroad operations and the travelling public;which I can understand.Accordingly,the MN DNR and MnDOT have asked the City to consider such a role as the Road - Authority and assume ownership of such road and secure a permit from the UP. While the City would like to consider such request,the fact remains that the long-term road costs are not something that the City can entertain nor manage for a MN DNR facility and for a roadway that essentially is industrial in nature for the WWTP trucks and operations. Further,Oak Park Heights residents would not be given any specific priority of use of this Boat Ramp Facility. It was suggested by MnDOT and MN DNR that if the MET Council did commit to pay for these reasonable maintenance costs(such as plowing,seal-coating, mill&overlays, resurfacing and reconstruction),then would the City be willing to assume such role?MnDOT further indicated that the MET Council has already committed to doing this under the Permit noted above(full document attached).So,at this point we are in need of some understanding from the MET COUNCIL before this process can move along any further.Would the MET COUNCIL commit to reimbursement of the City for such legitimate and reasonable maintenance costs such as I note above?The City's commitment would also have to be that it could not dose the roadway to the WWTP and that such road would need be maintained to the reasonably necessary and safe condition. Ultimately,all of this would need to be reduced to a formal agreement with U0gn1WqggMjpmmitments from all parties;however,we are in need of some early feedback.If you would think about this and we can discuss this in the coming weeks. Kind Regards, A� Eric Johnson City Administrator 3 of 24 P City of Oak Park Heights 14168 Oak Park Blvd. N•Oak Park Heights,MN 55082•Phone(651)439-4439•Fax(651)439-0574 May 281h,2019 Mr. Phillip Bergem Also via email: phillip.bergem@state.mn.us MNDOT—Local Partnership Engineer Office of State Aid 1500 W. County Road B2 Roseville, MN 55113-3174 RE: FY 2020 Metro Local Partnership Program Funding—TH 36 at Novell Avenue(Control Section 8214) Dear Phillip: As we now know the Minnesota Legislature&Governor were not able to craft and approve a final general bonding bill for in the 2019 Legislative Session.Within such possible bill,Oak Park Heights was seeking$794,000+l-to match our local contribution to compete the Norell Ave&STH 36 Frontage Road Project.These funds would have been coupled with the$644,000 from the Municipal Agreement Program.Collectively,with all of these funds would this Project would have been promptly executed with completion in 2020. Unfortunately,the City is now in a position that it must submit this similar bonding request for consideration by the State during the 2020 Bonding Cycle with construction likely commencing in spring 2021 —if it is funded of course. As this project substantially benefits both State and Local needs;we want to be sure the$644,000 will be available for this Project in 2021 as this appears to be the more realistic timeline. If you could let us know what we might need to accomplish to ensure such funds are available? Of course, please let me know if you have any questions or if you are in need of further update. Kind Regards 40 Eric Johnson City Administrator CC: Adam Josephson,MNDOT—via email Lee Mann, STANTEC—via email 4 of 24 Eric Johnson From: Bergem, Phillip (DOT) <phillip.bergem@state.mn.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 4:48 PM To: Eric Johnson Cc: lee.mann@stantec.com;Josephson,Adam (DOT) Subject: RE: Municipal Agreement Program - letter to MNDOT- 2021 Project - update.pdf Hi Eric, If construction of the TH 36/Norell Avenue project(SP 8214-191)slips into FY 2021,that will not present a problem for being able to provide the allocated funding to the City of Oak Park Heights. While we encourage designers and local agencies to let the projects in the selected Fiscal Years,there are often circumstances that prevent this. In those cases we are able to pre-encumber the funds. The action takes place in May of the Fiscal Year in question. We can address that matter for this project in May 2020. But,be reassured,as long as you are intending to construct the project within a reasonable timeframe,there is no problem if it slips into FY 2021. Phil From: Eric Johnson [mailto:eajohnson@cityofoakparkheights.com] Sent:Wednesday, May 29,2019 2:22 PM To: Bergem, Phillip(DOT)<phillip.bergem@state.mn.us> Cc:lee.mann@stantec.com;Josephson,Adam (DOT)<ada m.josephson @state.mn.us> Subject: Municipal Agreement Program letter to MNDOT-2021 Project- update.pdf 5/29/19 Hi Phil, If you could see the attached update? Thanks Eric 1 5 of 24 Eric Johnson From: Mary Mccomber<marymccomber@aol.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23,2019 9:07 PM To: Eric Johnson Subject: Fwd: Legislative Update- May 23,2019 For weekly notes ----Original Message---- From: rep.shelly.christensen <rep.shelly.christensen@house.m n> To:Announcements from Representative Shelly Christensen <rep_shelly_christensen_list@ww3.house.leg.state.mn.us> Sent: Thu, May 23, 2019 4:55 pm Subject: Legislative Update -May 23, 2019 Shelly Christensen l�itl 1 � IKiFdi Dear Neighbors, Minnesota has proven that a divided government can still come together to produce a compromise that benefits our state. With some work still to be finalized, we've already accomplished some amazing things through our bipartisan budget agreement. We've secured solid funding for our schools, preserved health care for over one million Minnesotans, and provided economic security for the middle class. The Legislature began the process of completing our budget, but we now look to Governor Walz to name a date (likely soon) to finish the process of passing consensus House and Senate budget legislation. You can read more about out budget agreement here. Lowering Medication Costs 1 6 of 24 In addition to the bipartisan success of compromise budget targets, we also recently passed legislation to lower the costs of medication by regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM). PBMs develop and maintain lists of covered drugs (formularies) that they offer to pharmacies. Drug manufacturers give rebates to PBMs to encourage the sale of their products, incentivizing PBMs to remove less expensive drugs from their formularies, and causing drug prices to go up for Minnesotans. PBMs change their formularies whenever they can get a higher rebate, resulting in doctors having to change patients' prescriptions, sometimes several times a year, and often leading to more expensive medications. This legislation gives the Department of Commerce authority over their licensing, requiring PBMs to notify health carriers of conflicts of interest. The bill is on its way to Governor Walz to be signed into law. You can read more about this legislation here. Taking on the Opioid Epidemic This week the House and Senate passed legislation aimed at taking on the opioid crisis in our state. The opioid epidemic is killing 115 people a day in the U.S., and was linked to the deaths of more than 400 Minnesotans in 2017. To combat this, we're holding Big Pharma accountable and taking the fees we raised on drug manufacturers and investing in prevention services and addiction treatment. In addition to using these funds to reduce opioid deaths, we're also reimbursing our counties for child protection costs related to families impacted by this crisis. An epidemic like this affects us all, regardless of politics, and I'm glad we were able to prioritize it this session. You can read more about our efforts to combat the opioid epidemic here. Protecting Our Elders Compromise was also reached this week to protect our seniors and most vulnerable Minnesotans residing in assisted living facilities. Consumer protection reforms have been needed for these facilities for years, and this session stakeholders were able to come together with legislators on both sides of the aisle to produce measures that license these facilities, enhance the oversight capabilities of the Office of Health Facility Complaints and the Department of Health, protect residents from retaliation, and establish a task force to improve 2 7 of 24 the quality of care in assisted living. You can read more about the elder care reforms here. Stay In Touch Please reach out to me with your questions or comments on the legislative process at (651) 296- 4244, rep.shelly.christensen@house.mn, or like my Facebook page. I look forward to hearing from you! 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Your Feedback Is Needed:Metro Cities'License&Permit Fee Survey - - Tue Jul 9,2019 2019 Metro Cities Policy Committees Municipal Revenues Policy Metro Cities Breakfast at the lune LMC onf r n Committee#1 EVENT:Metropolitan Council Environmental Services LACES)Open House&Budget Workshop cmgery:Policy C—aaee EVENT:Metropolitan Council Metro Local Governments Roundtable on 2020 rencuc View Full Calendar Announcements It's time to plan for 2019 Metro Legislature in Special Session Cities Policy Committees!Metro Cities'policy commlttees annually Last Sunday Governor Walz and legislative leaders announced the parameters of a budget agreement, develop policy recommendations based on input from member city following several days of meetings to negotiate a state budget framework.In announcing the representatives.Committees agreement,the Governor said he anticipated calling a special session to finalize the budget bills later in submit policy recommendations the week.The Legislature adjourned the regular session at midnight Monday after passing the Higher to the Board of Directors for Education omnibus budget bill.The Governor on Thursday called a special session of the Legislature for review,modification and 10:00 am today,Friday,to process remaining budget bills. distribution to the general membership.The membership will Earlier this week,committee chairs met with the Governor and leaders to determine the content of bills, meet in November,prior to the and committees in the House and Senate held informational hearings on Wednesday and Thursday to legislative session,to debate and adopt Metro Cities policies for the walk through spreadsheets and proposed bill language reflecting agreed to provisions.Since the 2020 legislative session. Legislature is not in session,the committees could not act on bills. Click t to view the schedule for this summer and for the link to The agreement by leaders is for the special session to conclude by 7:00 am Saturday.Legislators today sign up. will need to suspend legislative rules on the timeframe for processing bills to allow bills to be processed within this timeframe.Some members,including House and Senate minority leaders,have expressed concerns about a lack of adequate time to read and process the bills. Below are brief legislative updates.Metro Cities will provide a comprehensive legislative update and summary once the session has concluded.Meanwhile,follow updates on our Twitter account @MetroCftiesMN Taxes The tax bill agreement contains a$26 million increase in local government aid(LGA)for FY20,and$60 million increase for the following biennium.The tax bill agreement does not contain the extension for 9 of 24 h4s://www.metrocitiesmn.org/index.php?option=cont dailyplanetblog&view--entry&yea... 5/31/2019 Metro Cities News 5/24/19 Page 2 of 5 PERA aid to local governments that was included in the House tax bill as the Senate and House tax bills Our Tweets went to conference committee.Legislators publicly expressed support for the aid extension in a House State Government Finance Committee hearing yesterday and in a meeting of the Legislative Tweets by Commission on Pensions and Retirement.Metro Cities supports the extension of this aid. @MetrocitiesMN Transportation Metro Cities Retweeted CR MinnPost The transportation agreementincludes base funding for both Municipal State Aid(MSA)and County @MinnPost State Aid Highway(CSAR),with MSA receiving$420 million and CSAH receiving$1.6 billion for the Just shy of 7 this morning,the biennium.Regional transit will receive two general fund appropriations,with$65.5 million going to 2019 Minnesota Legislature transit operations and$114 million going to Metro Mobility.The bill also authorizes the Metropolitan finished its work Council to issue bonds up to$92.3 million for transit vehicle replacement. m1nnpo.str2HBuzzx Metro Mobility will also receive a one-time appropriation of$23 million,as well as a one-time appropriation of$13 million that is contingent upon a positive end-of-year state budget balance.These one-time funds are to address a$36 million deficit that has been identified in the Metro Mobility budget. The agreement also includes language to allow for data sharing between the Metropolitan Council and Department of Human Services related to Metro Mobility and includes a provision to expand the service Special session adjourn... There will be no general to... area to Lakeville.A two-year extension of the.35%regional allocation of transit funding to suburban minnpostoom transit providers is included. The bill includes$55 million for a MNLARS replacement system and a$1 filing fee increase for deputy May 25.2019 registrars,as well as$13 million for reimbursements to deputy registrars for costs related to the _... _ MNLARS rollout. Embed View on Twitter Two provisions related to city speed limits are included.The first allows cities to reduce speeds on streets in a zoned residential area to 25 while the second allows a city to set speed limits on city streets so long as they do so in a consistent manner,develop procedures based on safety,engineering,traffic analysis,and post appropriate signage. The bill does not include an increase to the gas tax,Motor Vehicle Sales Tax(MVST)or license tab fees and does not include a metro area sales tax.Small Cities Account funding was not included in the final agreement. Huin The special session housing budget and policy bill is the same bill as passed the Senate on Monday, May 20.A new Housing Affordability Commission is created in the State Government bill.The commission has a number of duties outlined in the bill,including:defining housing affordability and studying government regulations and market forces impacting affordability;studying cost drivers such as labor,materials,and construction practices;researching and making recommendations to reduce the homeownership equity gap;and reviewing and recommending legislative and rulemaking proposals positively impacting access to housing and homeownership.Metro Cities and the League of Minnesota Cities worked with the bill author to expand the scope of the initial proposal from single family homeownership affordability to a more comprehensive review of financial access to multiple housing types.Initial appointments must be made by June 1 and the first meeting convened by June 15,2019. Metro Cities will monitor the commission and participate when appropriate. Jobs&Economic Development and WonPforce The draft special session omnibus jobs,commerce,labor and energy budget and policy bill was released Thursday.House and Senate committees held hearings on the proposal and nonpartisan staff walked through the Ioreadsheet and bill lanauacr. The bill includes$23.94 million for the Minnesota Investment Fund,$16 million for the Job Creation Fund,and no direct appropriation or transfer authority for the redevelopment grant program.A onetime exception to restrictions on use of Minnesota investment fund local government loan repayment funds was also included.The bill does not include local labor preemption language originally included in the Senate jobs bill.A number of workforce programs received funding and new language relating to retainage requirements is included in the bill,a proposal that was modified after responding to concerns from the public sector,including the League of Minnesota Cities. Environment The Senate and House Environment Committees convened informational meetings hear provisions in the Omnibus Environment Bill.Two funding provisions related to Emerald Ash Borer(EAB)mitigation were included in the agreement.$300,000 is appropriated to DNR for EAB Response Grants for grants to local governments to remove and replace ash trees from public land.$700,000 is appropriated to 10 of 24 https://www.metrocitiesmn.org/index.php?option=com dailyplanetblog&view—entry8cyea... 5/31/2019 Metro Cities News 5/24/19 Page 3 of 5 DNR for grants to local governments for the creation of ash management plans and to replace removed ash trees. State Gavemment The agreement includes providing for$6.6 million in federal funds from the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).Funds are allocated to the Secretary of State for improving the administration and security of the state's elections.The agreement also includes$2 million for election equipment grants.A provision to remove a statutory cap on local government salaries was not included in the final bill. Your Feedback is Needed:Metro Cities'License&Permit Fee Survey Metro Cities has provided a License and Permit Fee Survey biennially for several years,and we're approaching the time when we would normally begin to open the survey for updates.The vendor Metro Cities contracts with has notified us that the survey software needs significant upgrades before it can be used again.Metro Cities will hold on updating the survey to address the necessary upgrades. This presents a timely opportunity for Metro Cities to examine the survey product and determine member satisfaction levels and future needs.Metro Cities is forming a focus group of city staff to determine how the survey is utilized,its benefits and challenges,whether the survey should continue, and what a survey should look like going forward.We want to determine whether the survey meets your needs,what could be changed,and how to move forward to ensure that this is a useful product. We would like to know-as soon as possible-whether you have an interest in serving on the focus group.The time commitment is expected to be three to four meetings over the summer and fall.Your input is invaluable as we examine the survey product.Regardless of whether or not you serve on the focus group,we invite and encourage you to share any feedback from your experience using the License and Permit Fee Survey or options for the survey that you wish would be available.Please email kimberlyQmetrocitiesmn.orc. Please note!The coordinator side of the survey where you upload data is currently closed,but existing survey data can be accessed until Friday,May 31 st through the member side.After that date,the site will be closed.You can access the link to the login page on our website here: www.metrocftiesmn.org/external-I Inks.Select the login link for the Municipal License and Permit Fee Survey.(Your login information should be the same.Please contact Kimberly if you don't have your login information or are having trouble logging in.)You can download the information as an Excel file to maintain access to the survey data after the site closes.You can also contact Kimberly after Friday, May 31 st if you wish to access the information. Questions or comments?Please contact Kimberly at 651-215-4000 or kimberly Dmetroc!t!esmn.orp. 2019 Metro Cities Policy Committees It's time to start thinking about Metro Cities Policy Committees!Policy Committees meet in July, August,and September and cover four different policy areas:Transportation and General Government, Municipal Revenues,Metropolitan Agencies,Housing and Economic Development.Policy Committees recommend legislative policies for the next legislative session,and those policies serve as a foundation for our work at Metro Cities.Being part of a Policy Committee is a great opportunity for your city to have a voice in the processes for the policies as well as at the legislature. Policy committees are open to city staff and elected officials and the form to sign-up can be found on our website on the �Qllcy Comrritltees page.Whether you are new or have participated in the past,we welcome your participation on one or more committees in 2019. Remember. • Committees meet either Monday,Tuesday,or Wednesday in the morning from 9:00-11:30 am or the afternoon from 1:00-3:30.The committees and dates are listed on our website here,and updates and additional Information will be posted on these pages as it becomes available. Please actively sign up for the committee(s)you wish to attend,even if you have been on the committee in the past.This will help us keep our rosters current and correct! All meetings take place at the Metro Cities/League of MN Cities building at 145 University Avenue West,St.Paul. 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EVENT:Metropolitan Council Environmental Services(MCES)Open House&Budget Workshop The Metropolitan Council invites MCES customers to participate in a Metropolitan Council Environmental Services(MCES)Open House and Budget Workshop.Topics covered will include proposed 2020 MCES Budget and Municipal Wastewater Charge,MCES Capital Improvement Program, and MCES Customer Survey Results and Customer Portal.Click for more information.Details for the remaining workshop are below. Thursday,June 6 1:30-3:00 pm League of MN Cities St.Croix Room 145 University Ave W St.Paul,MN Please RSVP by contacting Sara Running at 651-602-1531 or EVENT:Metropolitan Council Metro Local Governments Roundtable on 2020 Census The Metropolitan Council invites you to this quarterly meeting of local governments working together to promote participation in the 2020 Census.This meeting invites and includes local government professionals and officials who are organizing and supporting Complete Count activities.This meeting is not itself a Complete Count Committee. You are welcome to share this invitation within your office or city hall.The Met Council is especially interested to involve community engagement specialists,communications specialists,human rights commissions,and interested elected officials. Friday,June 7 1:15-2:45 pm Ramsey County Library—Roseville Community Meeting Room 2180 Hemline Ave N Roseville,MN Click for additional information and the link to register. 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Announcements Your Feedback is Needed:Metro Cities'License&Permit Fee Survey It's time to plan for 2019 Metro Cities Policy Committees!Metro Metro Cities has provided a License and Permit Fee Survey biennially for several years,and we're Cltles'policy committees annually approaching the time when we would normally begin to open the survey for updates.The vendor Metro develop policy recommendations based on Input from member city Cities contracts with has notified us that the survey software needs significant upgrades before it can representatives.Committees be used again.Metro Cities will hold on updating the survey to address the necessary upgrades. submit policy recommendations to the Board of Directors for This presents a timely opportunity for Metro Cities to examine the survey product and determine review,modification and member satisfaction levels and future needs.Metro Cities is forming a focus group of city staff to distribution to the general determine how the survey is utilized,its benefits and challenges,whether the survey should continue, membership.The membership will and what a survey should look like going forward.We want to determine whether the survey meets your meet in November,prior to the needs,what could be changed,and how to move forward to ensure that this is a useful product. legislative session,to debate and adopt Metro Cities'policies for the We would like to know-as soon as possible-whether you have an interest in serving on the focus 2020 legislative session. 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Our Tweets Tweets by 2019 Metro Cities Policy Committees @MetroCitiesMN Metro Cities Rel%wsted Don't forget to sign up for a Metro Cities Policy Committee!Policy Committees meet in July,August, MinnPost and September and cover four different policy areas:Transportation and General Government, @MinnPost Municipal Revenues,Metropolitan Agencies,Housing and Economic Development.Policy Committees Just shy of this morning,the recommend legislative policies for the next legislative session,and those policies serve as a foundation 2019 Minnesota legislature for our work at Metro Cities.Being part of a Policy Committee is a great opportunity for your city to have finished Its work. a voice in the processes for the policies as well as at the legislature. minnpo.sWHauZzx Policy committees are open to city staff and elected officials and the form to sign-up can be found on our website on the 1okQ Car* ,es oaoe,Whether you are new or have participated in the past,we welcome your participation on one or more committees in 2019. Remember. Special session adjoum... There will be no general ta... • Committees meet either Monday,Tuesday,or Wednesday in the morning from 9:00-11:30 am or minnpost.eom the afternoon from 1:00-3:30.The committees and dates are listed on our website here,and updates and additional information will be posted on these pages as it becomes available. May 25.2019 Please actively sign up for the committee(s)you wish to attend,even if you have been on the committee in the past.This will help us keep our rosters current and correct! All meetings take place at the Metro Cities/League of MN Cities building at 145 University Avenue Embed View on Twitter West,St.Paul. We look forward to seeing you this summer! Questions?Contact Kimberly at 651-215-4000 or kimberbEftetrocitiesmn.ora Metro Cities Breakfast at the June LMC Annual Conference If you're attending the 2019 League of MN Cities'Annual Conference In June In Duluth at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center(DECC),plan to join your metro colleagues for breakfast on Thursday, June 27th at 7:30 am.This is a great chance to mingle with other Metro Cities members and to hear a brief update from Metro Cities staff. If you're able to join us,please let Kimberly know at 651-215-4000 or soon as possible.We hope to see you there! EVENT:Metropolitan Council Environmental Services(MCES)Open House&Budget Workshop The Metropolitan Council Invites MCES customers to participate in a Metropolitan Council Environmental Services(MCES)Open House and Budget Workshop.Topics covered will include proposed 2020 MCES Budget and Municipal Wastewater Charge,MCES Capital Improvement Program, and MCES Customer Survey Results and Customer Portal.Click here for more information.Details for the remaining workshop are below. Thursday,June 6 1:30-3:00 pm League of MN Cities St.Croix Room 145 University Ave W St.Paul,MN Please RSVP by contacting Sara Running at 651-602-1531 or EVENT:Metropolitan Council Metro Local Governments Roundtable on 2020 Census The Metropolitan Council invites you to this quarterly meeting of local governments working together to promote participation in the 2020 Census.This meeting invites and includes local government 14 of 24 https://www.metrocitiesmn.orglindex.php?option=com dailyplanetblog&view—entry&yea... 5/31/2019 Metro Cities News 5/31/19 Page 3 of 3 professionals and officials who are organizing and supporting Complete Count activities.This meeting Is not itself a Complete Count Committee. You are welcome to share this invitation within your office or city hall.The Met Council is especially interested to involve community engagement specialists,communications specialists,human rights commissions,and interested elected officials. Friday,June 7 1:15-2:45 pm Ramsey County Library—Roseville Community Meeting Room 2180 Hamiine Ave N Roseville,MN Click for additional information and for the link to register. Share this post Metro Cities(Association of Metropolitan Municipalities) te 145 University Ave W,Suite 125 St.Paul,MN 55103 651-215.4007 Back to top powered by QEllide 15 of 24 https://www.metrocitiesmn.org/index.php?option=com dailyn1anetblog&view=entry&yea... 5/31/2019 Eric Johnson From: Mary Mccomber <marymccomber@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, May 25,2019 6:30 AM To: Eric Johnson Subject: Fwd:Announcing NLC's New State of the Cities Report For weekly notes ----Original Message--- From: National League of Cities <news@nlc.org> To: marymccomber<marymccomber@aol.com> Sent: Sat, May 25, 2019 6:02 am Subject: Announcing NLC's New State of the Cities Report View in browser • State ofthe Cities2019 ?bp 10 bows am thf list low y*m 2019 Nwr �n oarentheses vidti sates¢(vc rank , m 2016,not pctured here 1 v M 2016 2017 2018 M� R 10 10 N1M1. ,... � � rY`%l P rf•+.P411"d �A� �Y.'Iryl New State of the Cities Report Release From public health crises to affordable housing, mayors have demonstrated their capacity to lead on critical issues that extend beyond city limits. NLC's newest report release, State of the Cities 2019, highlights how mayors are playing a greater role in the national dialogue. i 16 of 24 REGISTRATION , Get to • . . . CITY SUMMIT NI$!�C)UR WEHSCTE! NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CRIES iYlflMOM 14 Local Leaders Are Taking Action On Contaminated Drinking Water PFAS substances are a group of chemicals that are making their way into drinking water systems across the country. These 14 local leaders are setting out to change that. Looking at the Future of Infrastructure In order to meet the goal of innovation and improvement, municipal officials will have to draw on the expertise and knowledge of a large cross section of disciplines. We have the information, skills and ability to meet these challenges - if we work together. What Mayors & Local Leaders Need to Know About I &AA � + 50+ Voters ! Races for elected officials are underway across the country, Y rY and there is one notable similarity... voters age 50 and older will la a critical role determining the results. play 9 • r Three Lessons From America's Legacy Cities Even as many American communities struggled to adjust to the changing economic winds, many remain and have become centers of innovation and growth. News U.S. Mayors Target Economic Growth in 2019 U.S. News .. May 22, 2019 2 17 of 24 The One Thing That's on Mayors' Priority Lists National Wide CityLab - May 23, 2019 Three Things You Can Do to Help Your Residents Save For College CitiesSpeak- May 22, 2019 Announcements Webinar: Using Data to Serve Vulnerable Populations Want to learn how to better use data to serve veterans and other subpopulations in your community? Join NLC and other partners for a webinar on Tuesday, June 4. We'll talk about how Combined Arms tailored a nationally-available database to improve case management processes for veterans and how you can learn from their success. Register here. Webinar: Savings & Solutions For Aging Infrastructure With over 43 million Americans living below the poverty line, an unexpected home emergency repair can cause financial shock. What can cities do to provide affordable solutions to residents in the event of a water or sewer line break? Hear from a West Virginia community that used the NLC Service Line Warranty program to address aging infrastructure. Register now. Local Fiscal and Economic Trends Survey Analysts now predict that the next recession will occur in 2021. How is your community preparing? The National League of Cities is conducting its 34th annual City Fiscal Conditions survey to better understand local fiscal and economic trends, and ways that cities and towns are readying their budgets for the next downturn. 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This message was intended for: marymccomber@aol.com 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 450 Washington, DC 20001 Privacy Policy ©2018 NLC, All Rights Reserved Powered by Higher Logic 4 19 of 24 MAOSC Special Session Update—May 29,2039 Budget pact includes downsides The FY 2020-21 state budget and various policy changes were settled in a 21-hour special session called by Gov.Tim Walz on May 25.Issues of concern to small cities included progress on several key issues,one major disappointment,and inaction on a few other priorities supported by the Minnesota Association of Small Cities(MAOSC).The Increase in Local Government Aid(LGA),new funding and bonding for housing,full funding for election security and some progress on various health care issues were among the positive outcomes.The major disappointment was exclusion of funding for Small Cities Streets despite base funding recognized in the regular legislative session by both the House and Senate(though minimally).Efforts to put together a capital investment package that likely would have provided general obligation(GO)bonding for road and bridge projects,as well as water infrastructure never saw the light of day(or night)during the special session. Most of the highly controversial and partisan policy proposals brought forward this year were not included in special session legislation. Notably,local control was preserved-as none of the major pre-emption proposals passed into law. This Update focuses on the highlights of the Special Session.A more-comprehensive MAOSC report on the full array of 2019 legislative activities important to Small Cities will come out next month. Tax changes&LGA LGA increases nearly reach the levels proposed by the governor and House DFLers.The$26 million additional to be distributed next year,followed by$30 million additional in base funding into the future starting in 2021,will bring the total close to the previous peak allocated in 2002.No LGA formula changes are included-which is good news for Small Cities.A minor change in sparsity aid,as had been proposed in the House bill,would have slightly shifted future increases toward larger cities.Of course,this LGA increase does not help the 12 percent of cities statewide that still do not receive LGA—including a few of our member cities. Senate Republicans had resisted the LGA increase,prompting Tax Chair Roger Chamberlain(R-Lino Lakes)to comment that"cities should be happy with what they got for years to come." The Tax bill features a reduction of the second tier income tax rate from 7.05 percent to 6.8 percent,making it the first income tax rate cut in the state since 2000.The bill also includes a tax break in the statewide commercial-industrial property tax levy,increases the Social Security subtraction,and broadens Working Family Tax Credit eligibility.These budget costs are absorbed by revenues raised by partial federal tax conformity.The Department of Revenue estimates that 92.5 percent of state income tax filers will now take the standard deduction. Compromise was reached on the Health Care Provider Tax—which had been scheduled to disappear at the end of the current biennium—resulting in permanently reinstating the tax at 1.8 percent,a 10 percent reduction. Republicans were successful in opposing the effort to adopt the federal Global Intangible Low Tax Income(GILTI)conformity provisions. Local member-city provisions include half-cent local sales tax option authority for Avon,Perham and Scanlon;major fire loss assistance for Mazeppa;additional Railroad Taconite Aid for Iron Junction;and Streets Assistance restoration for Waukon. Housing has new funding Housing was a high priority this year,and$78 million in new investments were authorized.Programs getting additional dollars over base funding include:Challenge-$5 million,Rental Assistance for Students and the Mentally III-$4 million,Family Homeless Prevention-$3.5 million,Manufactured Housing(new program)-$2 million,Workforce Homeownership(new program)-$500,000, and$60 million in appropriation bonding in the Housing Bonding bill.Also noteworthy is an expansion of manufactured home parks definition to allow for the increasingly popular modular home construction market.Workforce housing availability was a high- priority for MAOSC this year. Broadband gets partially funded Gov.Walz had ambitiously proposed$70 million over the two-year budget in one-time funding for border-to-border Broadband.As a member of the Rural Broadband Coalition, MAOSC was supportive of this funding level.The budget compromise achieved just over halfway of that goal with$20.25 million yearly allocations for each of the upcoming years—$40.5 million total for FY 2020-21. 20 of 24 Election security—full funding Accepting federal dollars for election security was supposed to be one of the easy budget decisions this year.Bills passed in both the House and Senate,but the details did not match up and the resulting conference committee bogged down.The$6.6 million in full funding for Minnesota from the federal-sourced Help America Vote Act(NAVA)was supported by the House and the governor—and eventually the Senate agreed to accept the full amount.The funds can be utilized over the next four years. Minnesota had been the last holdout state before finally accepting the federal election security funds. Transportation disappointments For the first time,Small Cities Assistance had stable and sustainable base funding included in omnibus legislation during the regular session—and so,there was reason for optimism.For the biennium,the House had proposed nearly$21.3 million for Streets,and the Senate included a marginal$1.25 million-compared to the$16 million over two years in one-time funds allocated in the current biennium. Three primary reasons appear to have contributed to the final result—which was zero funding for Small Cities Streets Assistance for the upcoming biennium. First,the favorable LGA outcome was beyond expectations-and LGA is closely tied to other state spending decisions related to cities -especially streets.Small Cities will garner more than 30.5 percent of the LGA increase—or$7.939 million for Small Cities in 2020. Our LGA estimate for 2021 comes in at$9.16 million.So,Small Cities can expect to see more than$17 million in LGA increase over the next two years—slightly more than the total loss in Streets funding. However,many member cities will see an overall decline— especially those that don't receive any LGA,of course. Second,although MnLARS and deputy registrars are contained in the Public Safety budget,substantial dollars allocated after May 1 due to the decision to reboot the troubled system were taken out of the Transportation budget target.Most of those target dollars went to MnLARS replacement at more than$55 million,and compensation for deputy registrars at$13 million.Finally,the Governor did not have Small Cities Assistance funding in his budget-even when he proposed the gas tax hike and tab fees increase,so the House position supporting Small Cities Streets was left standing alone advocating for our side—and predictably lost without any new transportation revenues made available in the final agreement. In addition,other MnDOT funding programs that support local roads and bridges also did not get funding.The result will continue to put pressure on legislators to look at new dedicated revenues from the gas tax and registration(tab)fees likely to be proposed again by Gov.Walz next year. However,2020 is also an election year for all 201 legislators. On the policy side of the equation,cities will have considerable new flexibility to change speed limits on the roads under their sole control(those not under the jurisdiction of the state or counties). Under the change,a city may establish speed limits on city streets that differ from speed limits provided in state law.The local change must be implemented in a consistent and understandable manner,and appropriate speed limit signage must be erected.A second local speed limit change expands the definition of "residential roadway,"allowing cities to adopt a 25 miles per hour speed limit in defined residential zones,non-collector roadways- without need for a traffic engineering study nor requiring MnDOT approval. Health care compromises Rural health care is a priority for MAOSC due to financial stresses on rural hospitals,limited health care insurance choices,and cost containment concerns.The special session health care compromise includes restoration of$69 million in proposed cuts to nursing home-assisted living funding.State regulation of assisted living facilities will be phased in over the next two years. For the volatile individual health care market, reinsurance will continue—which should keep pricing stable,according to its advocates. A new high-priority issue for MAOSC this year calls for efforts to expand child care opportunities.Virtually no progress was made in this area in 2019 as the focus was directed at program integrity and fraud protection—in reaction to a television report,and indefinite conclusions about the extent of fraud drawn by the Legislative Auditor."We should be confident that the money is going where it is supposed to go"before exploring funding any new efforts,said Sen.Jim Abeler(R-Anoka). Capital improvements will wait One major aspect of the global budget agreement did not get legislative approval.The global agreement had called for a relatively small GO bonding bill totaling$440 million.A large share of those capital improvements were expected to go to road and bridge projects,as well as water infrastructure facilities needs.The GO bonding requires 41 votes in the Senate and 81 votes in the House. The necessary support apparently did not materialize—and neither did a list of projects.The separate bill passed that provides$60 million for housing is backed with appropriation bonds—required only a simple majority vote for approval. 21 of 24 The second year of the biennium is the usual timing for bonding bills—so expect to see more serious efforts in 2020. Budget outlook not promising While Gov.Walz is getting praise for keeping his cool,working well with legislative leaders and navigating the deal that prevented an overall"lights on"approach or possible partial state shutdown,he isn't getting kudos from those who value"governmental transparency"or"fiscal responsibility."Lack of openness at the State Capitol is an annual complaint which tends to die down quickly after legislators return to their home districts. The fiscal responsibility question likely won't emerge if the state economy remains robust.However,Senate minority leader Tom Bakk(DFL-Cook)points out that the consensus economic outlook calls for slowing economic growth.He notes that the current healthy 2.1 percent annual gross domestic product(GDP)expansion is projected to fall off to a meager 1.4 percent growth rate. Pointing to the$491 million taken out of the state budget reserve and another more than$100 million in accounting shifts from education and health care obligations,Bakk describes the overall budget deal as"shameful"and predicts likely fiscal troubles-not far down the road.Speaking to his colleagues on the Senate Tax Committee as they finished up their special session work, he said, "Then the hard decisions will have to be made." -END- 22 of 24 o' INIRING EVENT, ONSITE JUNE GTN & 11T N MOFSTILLWATER _i4' i Thursday, June 6th Tuesday, June 11th 11 a.m.—7 p.m. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Go to MN.GOV/CAREERS and apply to JOB ID 32886 (Trainee-Corrections Officer) at least 24 hours in advance to schedule an onsite assessment & interview Immediate openings at MCF-Stillwater and MCF-Oak Park Heights DEPARTMENT OF 23 of 24 Eric Johnson From: Mary Mccomber <marymccomber@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29,2019 3:19 PM To: Eric Johnson Subject: Community Advisory Committee Eric, Can you put this in weekly notes as I told the Council last night that I would update them regarding the Corrections meeting this afternoon. Update from the Corrections meeting of May 29, 2019: Sheriff Starry was not in attendance, but Deputy Sheriff Brian Mueller was there. I brought up the items from Mike Runk's memo. His response was that they do allow those being released the opportunity to make calls for a ride, and let them wait at the jail for a ride. They don't"watch what they do after that". I asked if they could give vouchers for Uber or such, and he said there is no funding for that. County Attorney Pete Orput was also in attendance, but did not add anything. I told them when the prisoners are released, they tend to gravitate to Oak Park Heights. There were a few comments. I talked to Chief DeRosier after the meeting, and he said he has had communication with the Sheriffs Department regarding this issue. So a push should be to encourage the County Board to find/allocate funds for vouchers, since the prison is the responsibility of the County. If the County needs to find funds, they can approach the Public Safety Committee at the Legislature. In sending the letter to the Sheriff, there should also be a letter to the County Board. Mary 1 24 of 24